#torso disfigurement

[this-is-deformimisia]

when people treat your body as inherently needing a trigger warning and / or call it "body horror".

This is deformimisia and disfiguremisia.

[this-is-deformimisia]

Disfiguremisia is the fact that people assume all disfigurements are brightly visible.

I have literally been stabbed in the back before and I have almost no visible scar to prove it, but the nerves back there have been fucked up since. I have a disfigured back. Only people I'm close to believe me when I say that, or they think I'm referring to my deformity (scoliosis) when I say "back disfigurement."

[this-is-deformimisia]

Friend and I went to a convention, they and their dad both use canes.

They already had their pass but had to come with me and another friend to get that other friend's pass.

The disability stall was where we were, so they were able to get a sticker on their pass to show disability.

Their dad had to walk all the way back around to get to us, because the disability stall wasn't connected to the general entrance for those who already had their pass.

While this isn't strictly deformimisia/disfiguremisia and more generalized ableism, it definitely impacts deformed/disfigured people, especially people with limb or torso deformities/disfigurements that impact their mobility.